IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.06
Issues In Bigamy
To sustain the charge of bigamy, the State must prove the following propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant married ____ and
Second Proposition: That at the time of [(his) (her)] marriage to ____, the defendant was
married to ____;
and
Third Proposition: That the defendant's prior marriage was not dissolved or declared
invalid.
[or]
Third Proposition: That the defendant did not reasonably believe that [(his) (her)] prior
spouse was dead.
[or]
Third Proposition: That the defendant's prior spouse had not been continually absent for
a period of 5 years during which time the defendant did not know the prior spouse to be alive.
[or]
Third Proposition: That the defendant did not reasonably believe that [(he) (she)] was
legally eligible to be married.
[or]
Third Proposition: That the defendant did not reasonably believe that the person he or
she married was legally eligible to be married.
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that each one of these propositions
has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty.
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that any one of the propositions
has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant not guilty.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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